Supreme Court hears arguments on water permits for copper mine near Smith River • Daily Montanan : vimarsana.com

The Montana Supreme Court heard arguments Friday morning in Missoula on the second part of a challenge to permits granted by the state to a mining company that wants to build a copper mine near White Sulphur Springs in a water drainage above the renown Smith River.

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